Jaeden Lieberher

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Jaeden Lieberher
Born (2003-01-04) January 4, 2003 (age 16)
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Parent(s) Wes Lieberher
Angela Martell

Jaeden Lieberher (born January 4, 2003) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Bill Denbrough in the horror film It (2017), and for his leading roles in the films St. Vincent , Midnight Special , The Confirmation [1] and The Book of Henry .

<i>It</i> (2017 film) 2017 film by Andrés

It is an 2017 American supernatural horror film based on Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name. Produced by New Line Cinema, KatzSmith Productions, Lin Pictures, Vertigo Entertainment, and distributed by Warner Bros. It is the second adaptation of the novel following Tommy Lee Wallace's 1990 miniseries, and a sequel is planned. The film tells the story of seven children in Derry, Maine, who are terrorized by the eponymous being, only to face their own personal demons in the process. The film is also known as It: Part 1 – The Losers' Club.

<i>St. Vincent</i> (film) 2014 film by Theodore Melfi

St. Vincent is a 2014 American comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Theodore Melfi, in his feature film debut. The film stars Bill Murray as the title character and features Jaeden Lieberher, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O'Dowd, and Naomi Watts.

<i>Midnight Special</i> (film) 2016 film by Jeff Nichols

Midnight Special is a 2016 American science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and produced by Sarah Green and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones. The film stars Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, and Sam Shepard. It is Nichols's fourth full-length film and his first studio production. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

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Life and career

Jaeden Lieberher was born on January 4, 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [2] the son of Angela Martell and chef Wes Lieberher. He is of one quarter Korean descent. [3] He grew up in South Philadelphia, where he attended the Independence Charter School. In 2011, when he was 8 years old, he moved to Los Angeles. [4]

Philadelphia Largest city in Pennsylvania, United States

Philadelphia, sometimes known colloquially as Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents as of 2017. Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.

Pennsylvania State of the United States of America

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east.

Wes Lieberher is an American executive chef, known for his work with Beer Belly and Whiz in Los Angeles. Lieberher is also frontman of national music act Kill Verona. He has appeared on Travel Channel's Food Paradise, Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Esquire Network's Knife Fight, ABC's The Taste, and multiple other food network shows. His son is the actor Jaeden Martell.

Lieberher's first acting role was in a commercial for Hot Wheels. He appeared in several other commercials after that, including Google, Moneysupermarket.com, Liberty Mutual, Hyundai (for the 2013 Super Bowl), Verizon Fios and General Electric. [5] [6] His first major feature film role was in 2014's St. Vincent , where he starred alongside Bill Murray. Murray later recommended Lieberher to Cameron Crowe for the director's 2015 film, Aloha . [4]

Hot Wheels brand of die-cast toy cars

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Google American multinational Internet and technology corporation

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook.

Moneysupermarket.com British price comparison website-based business

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC is a British price comparison website-based business specialising in financial services. The website enables consumers to compare prices on a range of products, including car insurance, home insurance, travel insurance, mortgages, credit cards and loans. The company also purchased MoneySavingExpert.com for £80 million from Martin Lewis in 2012, becoming a subsidiary of Moneysupermarket. He remains a shareholder in the parent company, selling a small percentage of shares in 2015.

In November 2018, Lieberher joined the cast of the Rian Johnson murder-mystery film Knives Out. [7]

Rian Johnson American writer, director and producer

Rian Craig Johnson is an American filmmaker and television director.

Knives Out is an upcoming American mystery crime film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It stars Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Shannon, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer. The film has been described as a modern take on the whodunit murder mystery.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013GriefThe ChildShort film / Mini Video
2014 St. Vincent Oliver Bronstein
Playing It Cool 6 Year Old Me
2015 Aloha Mitchell
Framed: The Adventures of Zion ManWalterShort film / Mini Video
2016 Midnight Special Alton Meyer
The Confirmation Anthony
2017 The Book of Henry Henry Carpenter
It Bill Denbrough Also known as It: Chapter One
2019 The Lodge
It: Chapter Two Young Bill Denbrough (flashbacks)Post-production; Shared role with James McAvoy
Knives Out Post-production
The True Adventures of Wolfboy PaulPost-production
Low TidePeterPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 American Dad! Additional voicesEpisode: "My Affair Lady"
2015–2016 Masters of Sex Johnny MastersRecurring role; 11 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef.
2014 St. Vincent Las Vegas Film Critics Society AwardsYouth in FilmWon [8]
Phoenix Film Critics Society AwardsBest Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - MaleWon [9]
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Youth PerformanceNominated [10]
2015 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Young ActorNominated [11]
Online Film & Television AssociationBest Youth PerformanceNominated [12]
2018 It MTV Movie & TV Awards Best On-Screen Team (with Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Chosen Jacobs)Won [13]

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